1982 APIA Leichhardt FC season

The 1982 season was the fourth in the National Soccer League for APIA Leichhardt Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. APIA Leichhardt finished 7th in their National Soccer League season, and won the NSL Cup.

APIA Leichhardt
1982 season
PresidentNick Papallo
Manager-CoachWillie Wallace
Peter Wilson
StadiumLambert Park
National Soccer League7th
NSL CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Marshall Soper (14)
All: Marshall Soper (15)
Highest home attendance6,484
vs. Sydney Olympic
(11 July 1982)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance2,380
vs. Heidelberg United
(15 August 1982)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance3,846
Biggest win4–0
vs. Brisbane Lions (A)
(21 February 1982)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat1–7
vs. Marconi Fairfield (A)
(6 June 1982)
National Soccer League
← 1981
1983 →

Players

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUS Greg Woodhouse
2 DF   AUS Rod Skellern
3 DF   AUS Col McAusland
4 DF   AUS Mark Pullen
5 MF   AUS Ian Gray
6 FW   SCO John Bradley
7 MF   AUS Terry Butler
8   ENG Jim McBreen
9 FW   AUS Marshall Soper
10 FW   AUS Tony Morsello
11 FW   AUS Paul Burrows
12 FW   AUS Sebastian Giampaolo
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   AUS Paul Carter
FW   AUS Robert De Ceglie
FW   AUS Bernie Godzik
MF   SCO Alan Hughes
FW   AUS Peter Jones
MF   AUS Zdenko Kafka
  AUS Tom Kilkelly
GK   AUS Bob Parks
DF   AUS David Watt
DF   AUS Peter Wilson
  AUS Frank Zaccomer

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National Soccer League 14 February 1982 5 September 1982 Matchday 1 7th 30 12 7 11 49 54 −5 040.00
NSL Cup 14 June 1982 12 September 1982 First round Winners 4 4 0 0 11 5 +6 100.00
Total 34 16 7 11 60 59 +1 047.06

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Sydney City (C) 30 20 5 5 68 28 +40 45 Qualification to Finals series[a]
2 St George-Budapest 30 14 8 8 47 40 +7 36
3 Wollongong City 30 16 3 11 43 46 −3 35
4 Heidelberg United 30 13 8 9 42 37 +5 34
5 Preston Makedonia 30 12 10 8 45 41 +4 34
6 South Melbourne 30 11 9 10 46 37 +9 31
7 APIA Leichhardt 30 12 7 11 49 54 −5 31
8 Sydney Olympic 30 12 6 12 52 42 +10 30
9 West Adelaide 30 10 8 12 44 40 +4 28
10 Marconi Fairfield 30 12 4 14 44 43 +1 28
11 Brisbane Lions 30 10 8 12 39 42 −3 28
12 Newcastle KB United 30 10 7 13 43 52 −9 27
13 Adelaide City 30 6 12 12 36 44 −8 24
14 Footscray JUST 30 5 14 11 34 46 −12 24
15 Canberra City 30 7 10 13 37 54 −17 24
16 Brisbane City 30 5 11 14 32 55 −23 21
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 National Soccer League.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 12 7 11 49 54  −5 43 8 4 3 28 22  +6 4 3 8 21 32  −11

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWWWWDLDLDWLWDWLDLLLLDWWLDLWL
Position411111111222222132356777555767
Points24681012131314141517171920222223232323232426282829293131
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

14 February 1982 1 APIA Leichhardt 2–0 Marconi Fairfield Sydney
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,233[1]
Referee: Tony Boskovic
21 February 1982 2 Brisbane Lions 0–4 APIA Leichhardt Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Richlands Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alan Kibbler
28 February 1982 3 APIA Leichhardt 4–2 Preston Makedonia Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,419
Referee: Richard Lorenc
7 March 1982 4 Wollongong City 2–4 APIA Leichhardt Wollongong
Report
Stadium: Wollongong Showground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tim Davies
14 March 1982 5 APIA Leichhardt 3–2 South Melbourne Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 2,794
Referee: Jim Reeves
21 March 1982 6 Sydney City 0–1 APIA Leichhardt Sydney
Report
Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field
Attendance: 3,560
Referee: Peter Rampley
28 March 1982 7 APIA Leichhardt 0–0 West Adelaide Sydney
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,219
Referee: Doug Rennie
4 April 1982 8 Sydney Olympic 2–0 APIA Leichhardt Sydney
Report Stadium: Pratten Park
Attendance: 12,186
Referee: Richard Lorenc
11 April 1982 9 Brisbane City 1–1 APIA Leichhardt Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Spencer Park
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Col Amos
18 April 1982 10 APIA Leichhardt 0–2 Footscray JUST Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,128
Referee: Ken Small
26 April 1982 11 Canberra City 2–2 APIA Leichhardt Canberra
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Bob Mee
2 May 1982 12 APIA Leichhardt 3–2 Newcastle KB United Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Brian Fowler (Terry Seacy 57')
9 May 1982 13 Heidelberg United 3–2 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Village
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge
16 May 1982 14 APIA Leichhardt 3–2 St George-Budapest Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 5,259
Referee: Peter Rampley
23 May 1982 15 Adelaide City 1–1 APIA Leichhardt Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 3,120
Referee: Bob Kerr
30 May 1982 16 APIA Leichhardt 1–0 Brisbane Lions Sydney
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,022
Referee: Ray Davies
6 June 1982 17 Marconi Fairfield 7–1 APIA Leichhardt Sydney
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 7,863
Referee: Ken Small
13 June 1982 18 APIA Leichhardt 2–2 Wollongong City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 3,828
Referee: Gary Power
20 June 1982 19 Preston Makedonia 2–0 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
Report Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Evan Venios
27 June 1982 20 APIA Leichhardt 1–4 Sydney City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 5,428
Referee: Richard Lorenc
4 July 1982 21 West Adelaide 5–2 APIA Leichhardt Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: Don Campbell
11 July 1982 22 APIA Leichhardt 0–3 Sydney Olympic Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 6,484
Referee: Peter Rampley
18 July 1982 23 APIA Leichhardt 1–1 Brisbane City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 2,483
Referee: Ken Small
25 July 1982 24 Footscray JUST 0–1 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jim Fearn
1 August 1982 25 APIA Leichhardt 3–0 Canberra City Sydney
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 2,403
Referee: Jim Reeves
7 August 1982 26 Newcastle KB United 1–0 APIA Leichhardt Newcastle
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 3,462
Referee: Gary Power
15 August 1982 27 APIA Leichhardt 1–1 Heidelberg United Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 2,380
Referee: Doug Rennie
22 August 1982 28 St George-Budapest 3–1 APIA Leichhardt Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 4,320
Referee: Tony Boskovic
29 August 1982 29 APIA Leichhardt 4–1 Adelaide City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 2,608
Referee: Peter Rampley
5 September 1982 30 South Melbourne 3–1 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Chris Bambridge

NSL Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss

14 June 1982 First round APIA Leichhardt 5–3 Sydney Olympic Sydney
Report
Stadium: Pratten Park
Attendance: 2,216[2]
Referee: Tim Davies
14 July 1982 Quarter-finals Marconi Fairfield 1–2 APIA Leichhardt Sydney
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 1,055
Referee: Tim Davies
11 August 1982 Semi-finals APIA Leichhardt 2–0 Brisbane Lions Sydney
Report Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 831
Referee: Peter Rampley
12 September 1982 Final Heidelberg United 1–2 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Don Campbell

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[3][2]

No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Greg Woodhouse 17 0 0 0 17 0
2 DF   Rod Skellern 16 0 1 0 17 0
3 DF   Col McAusland 28 0 4 0 32 0
4 DF   Mark Pullen 27 1 3 0 30 1
5 MF   Ian Gray 17 1 0 0 17 1
6 FW   John Bradley 30 7 4 2 34 9
7 MF   Terry Butler 27 0 4 1 31 1
8   Jim McBreen 21+2 2 3 2 26 4
9 FW   Marshall Soper 24 14 1+1 1 26 15
10 FW   Tony Morsello 20+2 2 2 1 24 3
11 FW   Paul Burrows 12+2 1 1 1 15 2
12 FW   Sebastian Giampaolo 18+2 12 2+1 1 23 13
DF   Paul Carter 13 1 4 0 17 1
FW   Robert De Ceglie 7 0 3 0 10 0
FW   Bernie Godzik 1+6 0 0+2 0 9 0
MF   Alan Hughes 9+3 0 2 0 14 0
FW   Peter Jones 9 5 3 2 12 7
MF   Zdenko Kafka 5+2 1 0 0 7 1
  Tom Kilkelly 7+1 0 0 0 8 0
GK   Bob Parks 13 0 4 0 17 0
DF   David Watt 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   Peter Wilson 8 0 3 0 11 0
  Frank Zaccomer 0+3 0 0 0 3 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
                 
1 7 MF   Terry Butler 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1
2 9 FW   Marshall Soper 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
3 4 DF   Mark Pullen 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
4 3 DF   Col McAusland 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
8 MF   Jim McBreen 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
6 FW   Peter Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 11 FW   Paul Burrows 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 FW   Sebastian Giampaolo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MF   Zdenko Kafka 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 20 0 1 4 0 0 24 0 1

Clean sheets

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Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper NSL NSL Cup Total
1 1   Greg Woodhouse 5 0 5
2   Bob Parks 2 1 3
Total 7 1 8

References

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  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. ^ a b Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. ^ "APIA Leichhardt 1982 Squad". OzFootball.